Matching Pairs Noun Suffixes CE UI U2Online version Noun Suffixes meanings by Jennifer Thorson 1 -ee example: trainee 2 -ist example: communist 3 -ship example: friendship 4 -tion / -sion / -ion / -ation example: imagination 5 -our / -iour / -ure example: pleasure 6 -er / -ian / -or example: musician 7 -ness example: happiness 8 -ance / -ence example: tolerance 9 -hood example: childhood 10 -ism example: neoliberalism 11 -ment example: movement 12 -ity / -iety / -y example: anxiety used to form abstract nouns, particularly about relationships used to describe peoples beliefs and sometimes their occupation used to describe religions or ideologies and for some abstract nouns often used to form nouns from verbs (such as imagine) used to describe a person on whom an action is performed often used to form abstract nouns often used to form abstract/concept nouns from verbs (like move) used for people or things that do a particular job used to form abstract nouns from adjectives ending in -ant or -ent often used to form nouns from adjectives (such as anxious) often used to form abstract/concept nouns from adjectives (such as happy) used to form abstract nouns concerned with periods of life or relationships between people